BBC Business News
- Greek leaders pause bailout talks
Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition end talks on details for a crucial 130bn-euro EU rescue plan without agreement. - Government to oppose rail bonuses
Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general m.. - China issues EU carbon tax 'ban'
China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
PE Hub
- Peele Named COO of Surefire Social
Ron Peele was named chief operating officer of Surefire Social. He is also an investor in Surefire Social, an Internet marketing platform. P.. - ORIX Venture Finance Invests in Kemp Technologies
ORIX Venture Finance has made an equity investment in Kemp Technologies alongside Edison Ventures and Kennet Partners. peHUB reported in Jan.. - Aria Retirement Gets $4 Mln from Polaris Venture Partners
Polaris Venture Partners has invested $4 million in Aria Retirement Solutions. Aria Retirement, a provider of guaranteed retirement income s..
Financial Times
- Europe's banks face challenge on capital
According to one person close to the process, as much as half of the measures outlined in those plans do not look credible - UK looks to bridge regulatory divide with US
Enforcement actions have reinforced the view that the UK is lighter on markets policing but that could be about to change with aggressive US.. - Glencore pays a price for Xstrata deal
Investors in Xstrata would receive 2.8 Glencore shares for every share in the mining group they hold
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AHV has created a capitalisation-weighted index of large, quoted companies on NYSE, Nasdaq 100 and FTSE 100 that are directly involved in the data centre sector. Specifically, this index consists of the large data centre companies, and large, quoted global companies whose performance is directly related to the data centre industry. M&A activity in the sector will also be tracked with values and commentary.
“The index offers a new way of evaluating the market performance of data centres,” commented Andrew Harrington, partner at AHV. “It reveals that the sector is yielding good returns for the leading public companies engaged in data centres, and that virtually the entire industry has outperformed the major market indices.”
Companies that make up the AHV Datacentre Index include: Akamai, Citrix, Cogent, Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros, EMC, Emulex, Equinix, EU Networks, Internap, Iomart, Limelight Networks, Macquarie Telecom, Navisite, Netapp, Rackspace, Savvis, SGI, Switch and Data, Telecity, Terramark, and VMWare.
The index reveals that so far few large scale European data centre companies are listed on the London Stock Exchange and none in Asia which highlights the dominant positions of US companies in the sector. It also suggests the opportunity for growth in both regions.
Despite a downturn in commercial property values, data centres continue to attract high levels of investment with more than USD15 billion globally committed in the last 12 months, according to BroadGroup research and more projected to follow.
“Data Centres are emerging as an asset class in their own right,” commented Steve Wallage, managing director of BroadGroup Consulting. “Data Centre operators are choosing from a range of options open to them including bonds, private equity, and IPOs, although in the current climate, constraints do remain and for unlisted companies, the options are more limited.”
As sector business plans come to consider the impact of cloud computing, globalization and green, BroadGroup believes that financing and investment models will continue to emerge.
For further information please go to the Broadgroup website.
